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E. K. GARDNER, OF ORVILLE, OHI.'

Letters .PatentNa 70,828, dated November 12, 1867.

IMPROVEMENT IN RAILROAD GATES.

TO ALILIWHOM IT MAY. ON CERN:

Be it known that I, K. GARDNER, of Orville, Wayne county, State of hio, have invented certain new' and useful improvements in Railroad Gates; and I do hereby declare that the following is a clear, full, and

exaotdescription of the same, reference beine.r had'to the accompanying drawings,and to the letters of reference marked thereon, in which- Figure 1- is a perspective, and

Figure 2 a vertical transver'sesection, showing the mode of attaching the movable rails to the levers, by

means of which the gates are operated. v y

To enable others skilled in the art to make and use my invention, I will now describe its construction and operation.

a a a a represent supports, or, more properly speaking, two railroad rails, equallydivided in two parts.

These parts are secured to the sills B B,- leaving a suicient space between-them for the free working ofthe movable rails C C, as will be more clearly seen hereafter.- cfdrepresent lcups or supports, which are secured to the under sides ofthe rails a a a a. The object of these supports is to retain the spiral springse e, upon which the movable rails C rest, and should be provided with apertures in their sidesV andv bottoms, for the purpose of preventing an accumulation of dirt.4 Itshould be observed that the ends of the movable rails C C are sloped, as indicated in tig.o1. D D represent two gates, each'of which is provided with a projection,f. This I projection rests and slides in an aperture in support g. The bottom slat of the gates slides in a similar aperture in support z. The supports g 7L are connected by the tie c. m m are-levers, the upper ends of which are confined by staples in the top slat of the gates D D. The lower end of theselevers is provided with a slot.

`n n are also levers, bent at or about right angles, as seen in fig. 2.l Said leversI are connected to the movable' rails by moans ofthe arms 'L' z', partly shown in iig. 2, and to levers m m by a bolt, through the slot above referred.

to. The levers n a are secured to the sill beneath the gates by means of the screw x, and the levers m are bolted to the ties c c. It should be particularly observed that the movable rails C C must project a sufloient distance above the divided rails a a to throw the .gates back clear of' the track by the action of thev levers, as soon as the locomotive is upon them. Thus it will be seen the gates work automatically, for the maomentv the locomotive is upon the movable rails C C, thegatcs ily open or apart, and are again closed by means of the spiral springs e e. v f i The advantages of this manner oi' constructing a railroad gate are, first, its perfect simplicity; second, its certainty of action, as there is no Way for them to become inoperative by snow or other customary obstructions, whilethe arrangement is such as to 4guarantee prompt and eicient action.

Having thus fully described my invention, what I claim, and desirejo'secure by Letters Patent, is- The gates D D, levers m m and n a, arms it', and movable rails C C, all combined substantially in the mannor and for the purpose set forth. y Y

In testimony that I claim the above I aiix mysignature in presence of two witnesses. E. K. GARDNER.

Witnesses: v v

".I. H. ALEXANDER,

C, ALEXANDER. 

